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(1937 Flood Memorial), (sculpture). Artist:  Beasley, Walter, designer. Beasley Monument Company, fabricator. Title:  (1937 Flood Memorial), (sculpture). Other Titles:  Nineteen Thirty-Seven Flood Memorial, (sculpture). 1937 Floodwall Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed June, 1938. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Kentucky limestone. Dimensions:  Approx. 12 1/2 ft. x 10 ft. 4 in. x 55 in. (41,000 lbs.). Inscription:  (Front, below eagle, incised lettering:) AN EXPRESSION/OF GRATITUDE TO ALL/WHO GAVE AID/DURING THE FLOOD OF 1937 Erected through the efforts of Paducah Junior Chamber of Commerce 1938 unsigned Description:  A memorial topped with an eagle, its wings spread, standing on a shield decorated with laurel branches. There is an inscription panel on the front of the memorial just below the eagle. The sculpture has a spotlight in front of it. Subject:  Animal -- Bird -- Eagle Disaster -- Flood Dress -- Accessory -- Shield Object -- Foliage -- Laurel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Paducah Architectural component Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Paducah, Parks and Leisure Services of Paducah, 1400 H. C. Mathis Drive, Paducah, Kentucky 42002 Located Jefferson Street, between 28th & 29th Streets, Paducah, Kentucky Provenance:  Formerly located Paducah Post Office, Fifth Street, Paducah, Kentucky 1856 until ca. 1937-1938. Remarks:  The memorial was erected through the efforts of the Paducah Junior Chamber of Commerce, and commemorates those who gave aid during the Ohio Valley Flood of 1937, which inundated ninety percent of Paducah and drove over a million people from their homes. The eagle was formerly located atop the Paducah Post Office, built in 1856 and razed 1937-1938. Walter Beasley of the Beasley Monument Company saved the eagle and designed the new memorial around it. IAS files contain a transcription of a marker behind the memorial, discussing the flood. IAS files contain a related excerpt from Fred G. Neuman's "The Story of Paducah," Paducah, KY: Young Printing Company, 1979, rev. print., pg. 136. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994. SOS Assessment Award, 2000. Illustration:  Image on file. Neuman, Fred G., "The Story of Paducah," Paducah, KY: Young Printing Company, 1979, rev. print., pg. 136. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS KY000252   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture KY000252 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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